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_aZebrowski, Ernest Jr. _941297 |
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_aHistory of the circle : _bmathematical reasoning and the physical universe |
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_c2000 _bRutgers University Press _aNew Jersey |
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| 505 | _aCONTENTS CHAPTER 1 The Quest for Pi I CHAPTER 2 Rollers, Wheels, and Bearings 14 CHAPTER 3 The Celestial Clock 26 CHAPTER 4 Mathematics and the Physical World 39 CHAPTER 5 Charting the Planet 51 CHAPTER 6 Surface and Space 68 CHAPTER 7 Celestial Orbs 86 CHAPTER 8 From Conies to 104 CHAPTER 9 Oscillations 124 CHAPTER 10 Waves 144 CHAPTER 11 Artificial and Natural Structures 166 CHAPTER 12 The Real and Conjectured Universe 184 Appendix A: Formulas for the areas of common shapes 201 Appendix B:Formulas for the volumes of commonsolids202 Appendix C: Algebraic equations for the conic sections203 Notes 205 Index 211 | ||
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